Alabama
Arkansas
No. 8 Alabama Gymnastics Beats Arkansas in Fayetteville, 196.700-195.800
2/8/2019 9:29:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide remains undefeated on the road this season, notching its third away victory in a row
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 8-ranked Alabama gymnastics team beat No. 22 Arkansas, 196.700-195.800, in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday night. With the win, the Crimson Tide goes to 8-2-0 overall and 3-1-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while the Razorbacks fall to 1-7-0, and 0-4-0 in SEC competition.
The victory also maintains the Tide's win streak on the road this season, with three-straight wins over SEC competition.
The Crimson Tide once again swept the individual titles. Lexi Graber won the all-around with a 39.375. She also took top honors on the vault (9.950) and balance beam (9.900), matching her career-best mark on vault. Junior Shea Mahoney won the floor exercise with a career-best 9.900, while freshman Emily Gaskins won the uneven bars with a career-best score of her own, going 9.925.
"We continue to have some great individual performances," UA head coach Dana Duckworth said. "The improvements we are seeing week-to-week in practice are changing the drive and fire of the team and the maturity and growth mentally in competition is on track. Â Therefore, we stay the course and continue to trust the process. That being said, we still haven't put together a complete four-rotation meet and it's time."
Opening on the uneven bars, Alabama finished the rotation with a trio of 9.875-plus scores, capped by Gaskins winning 9.925, leading the Tide to a 49.225 team score. Junior Shea Mahoney and sophomore Kylie Dickson both scored 9.875s.
Graber's 9.95 sparked the Tide to a 49.150 vault, a total that also included a 9.875 from freshman Shallon Olsen. On the floor exercise, Mahoney's 9.900 and a 9.850 from senior Abby Armbrecht paced the Tide to a 49.225.
The Tide closed out the meet and the Razorbacks on the balance beam, scoring a 49.100 led by Graber's 9.900 and a 9.875 from Armbrecht, which ties her career-best mark.
After back-to-back road meets, Alabama returns to Coleman Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 15, against the Florida Gators at 7:30 p.m., in UA's annual Power of Pink meet. The Tide's 2019 match-up with the Gators will mark the 15th annual Power of Pink meet in Coleman Coliseum. Tickets are available through the Alabama Ticket Office (205.348.2262), located in the lobby of Coleman Coliseum, and online at RollTide.com.
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